1.   Amato has seen his Socialist party split and his government rocked by a huge bribery scandal which has been sweeping the country over the past year.

2.   A governor of a southern Indian state resigned his post Wednesday after federal detectives implicated him and a colleague in a huge bribery scandal, officials said.

3.   Warrants have also been issued against six other politicians belonging to opposition parties in connection with the huge bribery scandal which has stung all national parties except the leftists.

4.   The Indian parliament was adjourned for over two weeks in March after the opposition demanded the resignation of Rao over the huge bribery scandal which rocked the political landscape.